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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks galcontinue="Bahrayn" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page ns="0" title="Babylone" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Baccalauréat en droit (qc)" missing="" />
      <page ns="0" title="Bachof, Otto" missing="" />
      <page pageid="6064" ns="0" title="BAGIR MANAN (id)" />
      <page pageid="5984" ns="0" title="BELLEFROID, Joannes Henricus Paulus" />
      <page pageid="13690" ns="0" title="BGB-Gesellschaft (de)" />
      <page pageid="6027" ns="0" title="Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie" />
      <page pageid="6011" ns="0" title="Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (id)" />
      <page pageid="1479" ns="0" title="Bade Wurtemberg" />
      <page pageid="2617" ns="0" title="Bahamas" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>